The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-27
W C. T. U. COLUMN.
BY THE LADIES OF BoTTINEAU.
Law Will be Violated.

Maine, Iowa and Kansas, liquors are bought,
petite which was productive Of disastrous re-
suits Al far back as when the human family
consisted Of but eight persons and so far as
we know was the cause of the reduction Of
the human family to that number aud which
has been steadily Increasing ever since, the
same as leprosy, the syphilitic taint, and
other curses which in the providence Of God,
have been let loose upon mankind, can be
be stopped at once. by the mere sdict Of q
State Legislature. Chou shalt not steal"
''Thou shalt not commit alultry,'' with eight
other 'Thou shalt nots'' were thundered
from Sinai some thousands Of years ago; the
utterances were clothed with the authority
Of the Eternal, and the penalty for violation,
misery on earth, and damnnation hereafter,
accompanied the divine command; but, all
the same, these commandments are violated
to-day, as they were yesterday, and will be
tomorrow if tomorrow ever comes.
Hf FEOILh HaO W LII HAVE blQCOk.
Does any one suppose for moment that
the rum enthralled soaker whose stomach
would make fair wlr map Of Virginia. in
whose enfeebed system the fires of alcohol
IL alton have been burning and eating for
years is not going to continue to have the
stimulant upon which he ha, lived 50 long?
lie would have it were it forbidden by twice
the authority Of the utterer Of the Zen Com
mandments, and were the penalty thrice
that spoken by the Almighty and written by
Moses. Does anyone suppose that the young
hief or the still younger harlot, the oSe who
wants fictitious courage for the commission
Of crime and the other quick and sudden
Lethe in which to find forgctfulness, will be
without what they have made necessary to
them?
Does anyone suppose that the fast young
man, who has gotten himself we'll along
the road which has but one ending, is going
to be deprived of his wine at his club, and
all the accompanimcnts to the life he has
been drawn into?
Does anyone suppose that the proprietress
Of the brothel is not going to have wine and
other stimulants to infame the habitues of
her place, especially as her profit on this
branch of her frighttul trade is five hundred
per centum. Who 50 believes, knows moth
ing Of human nature. Give profit enough,
and facilities for breaking this law will be
found just AZ plenty as for the breaking Of
any other. Is there theft? Is there adultry?
Is there sabbath bresking? Is there murder?
PRoHIBIrIoN DOES PROHIBIT,
The admission that Prohibition does not entirly
prohibit is no argument against Prohibition.
1t does prohibit, and at the right place. The
dealer who is compelled by virtue of the
sweeping prohibitory law, to which pen.ltiss
are attached, and which penalties are enfored
when the crime is brought home and fasten-
ed, may and will sell to confirmed drunkards,
but what is be going to do with the boys
and young men who are not s'cnirmed drunk
ards? He dare not sell to them, and much
less dare he entice them into his place-the
claws of the Hyena are pared and his teeth
extracted.
The boys are safe and besides it is not
in the way Of the boy; the gilded
salon with its light, and warmth, and glitter,
and show, is not on every corner. furnishing
him more than comfortable 'ounging place,
there is no placs whore he can hear the laugh |
the song, the jests born Of rum, which amuse |
him more and more as he hears them To |
get rum he must 90 in search oft and he |
must undergo the severest kinds of tests be-
fore the seller dare commit himself to the |
chances Of furnishing it to him. The rum
soaked wretch who must have it can always |
get it because his appetite seals his lips and
makes him an unwilling witness, but the boy
is not so prudent.
The LICENSE SYSTEM.
The only way that anyone has found yet |
TO "regulats' the liquor traffic is to license
thc sale of liquor, exacting penalty in
money from each one licensed, thus prescrib-
ing who may sell and who may not l re-
peat; the manufacturers and dealers have it [
Ill their own way, the poor victim mnst have
it, and will have it, no matter what the price
himself and family, clothing. shelter and fuel |
when man parts with all these for rum. it
makes no difference to him what the price
I, I-,V - -
law pours money into the treasury, but put /
the tax as high as you choose, the amount Of |
this blood money does not. and cannot boar |
any proportion to the traffic to the community |
it does not pay one per cent. Of the money |
cost to the public, to say notking Of the tears
and anguish it occasions.
IT DOES ROT PAY.
One should be ashamed to write on the /
dollar and cent aspect Of the trade with the
black shadows of the misery it inficts Eang-
ing over him, but there are those who eau
only be reached through tbs pocket The |
people Of the United States Pay one thcus-
and millions Of dollars per annum for drink
alone. What an infnitesimal figure the
money taken for license cuts compared with
this colossal sum! Figure up the cost Of your
police system, yonr jnils, penitentiaries,
criminal courts. insane asylums,
with tho thousand other items that should be |
charged to rum and then compare with yonr
petty little license fees! Toledo, Ohio, pays |
b, ,0O0, 900 per annlm for rum, the city sup
ports costly police force, and has an sxpen-
sive infrmary, house Of correction, insane
asylum and gorgeous courts--police and
criminal and the receipts from license, All
told, amounts to about $50, 900. Rum does
not pay in licenss one per cent. Of its pInEcT
COST TO THE cpxMuxITY.--Da David Il. Locke,